The second SpongeBob movie, a mix of live-action and animation, sees Nickelodeon's sea dwelling invertebrate take to land in order to stop Burger Beard the Pirate (Antonio Banderas) from obtaining a missing page of a recipe book – a recipe book that has the power to grant Burger his evil wishes.
Winning kids over with its cartoonishness, adults with its wittiness, and stoned college students with its absurdness, Sponge Out of Water is an animated Monty Python movie you can take the whole family to. With absolutely no interest in teaching morals or life lessons with a straight face, the film stays true to the essence of the Spongebob phenomenon: delivering pure laughs in every surreal, bonkers way it can.
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At times there’s a genuine sense of daring to the film’s freewheeling anarchy, its refusal to stick to a central theme or impart any sort of lesson.
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What it delivers is what it promises: a battery of deliciously daft, fast-firing, self-mocking, flavour-rich gags, flung with such zest you don't mind if they're disposable.
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It isn’t just the sheer density of jokes that is impressive, but the diversity.
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The live action/CG stuff never satisfyingly jibes with the traditional nautical nonsense down below.
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Over-familiar and the first half's pace is sea-sluggish but with inspired touches.
Full reviewThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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